Paula Dei Mansi

Paula Dei Mansi (died after 1288) was a Jewish scribe. She was the perhaps earliest female scribe, whose name is known.

She was the daughter of Abraham Anau of Verona and belonged to a family of scribes. Her earliest known work was the translation of a manuscript of bible comments from Hebrew to Italian, with her own explanations.

References

• Emily Taitz, Sondra Henry & Cheryl Tallan, The JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E., 2003